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The totals are revealing, but I wanted to see how the smaller firms are faring against the larger firms. When I did my analysis, I decided there are three groupings that make sense in providing a ...

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Life insurers, whose capital buffers shrank during 2008's downturn, emerged from 2009 with a rebound in capital. The reasons? Regulatory changes and a climbing equities market, according to Moody's ...

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